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Bacteria

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Name: Bacteria

description: (1) Microscopic one-celled organisms which live everywhere and perform a variety of functions. While decomposing organic matter in water, bacteria can greatly reduce the amount of oxygen in the water. They also can make water unsafe to drink. (2) Microscopic unicellular organisms, typically spherical, rod-like, or spiral and threadlike in shape, often clumped into colonies. Some bacteria cause disease, while others perform an essential role in nature in the recycling of materials, for example, decomposing organic matter into a form available for reuse by plants. Some forms of bacteria are used to stabilize organic wastes in wastewater treatment plants, oil spills, or other pollutants. Disease-causing forms of bacteria are termed 'pathogenic'. Some forms of bacteria harmful to humans include: a. Total Coliform Bacteria - A particular group of bacteria that are used as indicators of possible sewage pollution. They are characterized as aerobic or facultative anaerobic, gram-negative, nonspore-forming, rod-shaped bacteria which ferment lactose with gas formation within 48 hours at 3EC. In the laboratory these bacteria are defined as all the organisms that produce colonies with a golden-green metallic sheen within 24 hours when incubated at 35EC plus or minus 1.0EC on M-Endo medium (nutrient medium for bacterial growth). Their concentrations are expressed as numbers of colonies per 100 milliliter (ml)l of sample. b. Fecal Coliform Bacteria - Bacteria that are present in the intestine or feces of warm-blooded animals. They are often used as indicators of the sanitary quality of the water. In the laboratory they are defined as all the organisms that produce blue colonies within 24 hours when incubated at 44.5EC plus or minus 0.2EC on M-FC medium (nutrient medium for bacterial growth). Their concentrations are expressed as numbers of colonies per 100 ml of sample. c. Fecal Streptococcal Bacteria - Bacteria found also in the intestine of warm-blooded animals. Their presence in water is considered to verify fecal pollution. They are characterized as gram-positive, cocci bacteria which are capable of growth in brain-heart infusion broth. In the laboratory they are defined as all the organisms that produce colonies which produce red or pink colonies within 24 hours at 35EC plus or minus 1.0EC on KF-streptococcus medium (nutrient medium for bacterial growth). Their concentrations are expressed as numbers of colonies per 100 ml of sample.

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 20 hours ago - 19 Documents

Procter & Gamble Co

Vicks Sinex nasal spray recalled after bacteria found

Procter & Gamble is voluntarily recalling about 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray after finding bacteria in a small amount of the product at a plant in Germany. The company said it hasn't received any reports of illness and that healthy people ... [SmartBrief - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Bacteria, Health Care, Procter & Gamble Co

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 5 Documents (in Health)

Ciggies contaminated with disease causing bacteria

An international study has found cigarettes are 'widely contaminated' with bacteria, including some which can cause diseases.A University of Maryland environmental health researcher and microbial ecologists at the Ecole Centrale de Lyon in France conducted ... [Times of India - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Bacteria, Microorganism, University of Maryland, Pathogen, Infectious

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 22 hours ago - 8 Documents

Ants Use Bacteria To Make Their Gardens Grow

Symbiosis between ants and bacteria explains how leaf-cutter ants dominate tropical environmentsLeaf-cutter ants, which cultivate fungus for food, have many remarkable qualities.Now there's a new one to add to the list: these ant farmers, like their human ... [Red Orbit - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Bacteria, Nitrogen, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Insect, Biomass

First Reported 4 hours ago - Updated 11 mins ago - 3 Documents (in Health)

'Cracking' the cholera outbreak

KUALA TERENGGANU - The use of contaminated fish to make crackers, a favourite snack in the state, has been identified as among the sources of cholera outbreak Terengganu, Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai said.He said that fish samples taken from two cracker ... [Malaysian Mirror - 11 mins ago]

Entities: Gastroenteritis, Bacteria, Marang

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 2 Documents

The Week in Pictures: Rot-Proof Apple, Surprises at GreenBuild, Bacteria Lights Up Landmines, and More

From the news that scientists have created a bacteria that lights up around landmines to the development of a rot-proof apple--that stays fresh for 4 months--a lot happened this week in green. A new study called The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity ... [Treehugger - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Bacteria, Biodiversity

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Health)

Protector of single cysteines discovered

We've all read studies about the health benefits of having a life partner. The same thing is true at the molecular level, where amino acids known as cysteines are much more vulnerable to damage when single than when paired up with other cysteines.Now, ... [News-Medical.Net - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Protein, Amino Acids, antioxidant, Oxidation

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Health)

According to new research conducted by scientists from the University of Maryland and the Ecole Centrale de Lyon in France, smokers may face another serious health risk from the habit and the tobacco industry may have another serious PR problem on their ... [Scientific Blogging - Medicine - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Bacteria, Environmental Health, Microbe, University of Maryland

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Health)

Researchers to discover new vaccine against infection from Lyme disease

A protein found in the saliva of ticks helps protect mice from developing Lyme disease, Yale researchers have discovered. The findings, published in the November 19 issue of Cell Host & Microbe, may spur development of a new vaccine against infection ... [News-Medical.Net - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Lyme Disease, Vaccine, Protein

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Environment)

Advice on flooding

Marsh issues advice to UK businessesFollowing extensive flooding across parts of Scotland and northern England, Marsh has outlined the immediate business recovery and health and safety actions businesses affected should take to recover from the emerg ... [Insurancetimes.co.uk - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Flooding, Contamination, Bacteria

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Health)

CO: Many Colorado water waivers revoked after taint

Alamosa's salmonella bout prompts a stricter stance on chlorination.The Denver PostPosted: 11/19/2009 01:00:00 AM MSTUpdated: 11/19/2009 05:58:40 AM MSTColorado has revoked waivers from as many as 72 public drinking-water systems and is now requiring ... [Stateline - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Chlorination, Waiver, Salmonella, Bacteria, Chlorine

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

News From TreeHugger: Condoms to

Condoms to Stop Climate Change, Land Mines Thwarted by Bacteria & Political Peak Oil Mother Jones if ment Must Reads: ment In Brazil, people with some of the world's smallest carbon footprints ... [Mother Jones - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Bacteria, Global Warming/Climate Change, Peak Oil, Mafia

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)

Crohn's blamed on lazy immune cells

A MYSTERIOUS bowel disease thought to be caused by an over-exuberant immune system may paradoxically be triggered by immune cells that don't do enough in the early stages of bacterial infection.Since some treatments for Crohn's disease aim to suppress ... [New Scientist - 11/19/2009]

Entities: macrophage, Crohn's disease, Immune System, immune response

Quotes

"Samples from raw chickens taken at the Gong Pauh wholesale market in Wakaf Mempelam as well as samples from two ice factories also tested positive for the bacteria" he told reporters after visiting patients at the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital here

'Cracking' the cholera outbreak [Malaysian Mirror - 11 mins ago]

...Chris O Connor, Bibby Scientific CEO, commented: "Ease of use, compact design and quiet operation make this an ideal mini personal spinner. As with the complete range of Stuart benchtop laboratory equipment, the SCF1 Spinner incorporates BioCote, a valuable weapon in the prevention of surface contamination and infection in the laboratory. This unique antimicrobial additive is applied during the manufacturing process and remains effective for the lifetime of the product. BioCote is a silver-based finish which protects by disrupting vital cellular processes within all common bacteria and fungi, including antibiotic-resistant pathogens such as MRSA."

New Mini Centrifuge [European Pharmaceutical Manufacturer - 1 hour ago]

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Blogs

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UPDATE 2-Pennsylvania residents sue over gas dr... [Economy-Finance - 16 hours ago] (Adds quote from Cabot spokesman) By Jon Hurdle DIMOCK, Pennsylvania, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Residents of asmall rural Pennsylvania town sued Cabot Oil & Gas ...
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